Jacques Perron Nicole Gingras Faire et défaire
Jacques Perron, still from the video Étude, 1996
Faire et défaire is the result of a complicit exchange developed since 1985 between artist Jacques Perron and Nicole Gingras, author. This project grew out of an exchange of readings, studio visits, discussions and through a variety of collaborations. Known for his photographs and his film installations at OBORO, most of them new. The exhibition occupies two rooms and is based on the configuration of the gallery space. Faire et défaire questions the relationship that Perron entertains with photography through movement, halt and suspension, via the electronic matter. The exhibition insists on the cohabitation of what is fixed and animated – as an image reveals itself.
A bilingual publication produced by Éditions Nicole Gingras accompanies the exhibition. Author Michael Delisle is a collaborator.
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Jacques Perron, still from the video Étude, 1996
Jacques Perron lives in Montreal. His photographic work lead him to collaborate on many performances, films and videos. Since 1986 he has been exhibiting regularly in Québec, in Canada and in France. He pursues his research in exploring the possibilities of the video image.
Nicole Gingras is a curator and a writer who has been living in Montréal since 1982. Her interest in experimental practices in photography, cinema and video takes shape in a variety of projects: exhibitions, programming, publications, a film and many essays published in periodicals and exhibition catalogues. In 1996, she founded a publishing house featuring the work of Mireille Baril, Cathy Sisler (1996), Mario Côté (1998) and Jacques Perron (1999). She is curating an exhibition of the work of Michèle Waquant, produced by Galerie de l’UQAM starting in March 1999.